Name: Clarinda Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Receipts were very light today therefore no comparison with last week, however a lower undertone noted. Icy roads and high winds severely affected today's receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $343.83/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −137.75 against this barn's trailing median of $481.58.

Average price

$343.83

30 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$20.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.55

vs IA average

−5.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	346.57	1,923	26
Medium and Large 1-2	578	326.00	1,884	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.57/cwt here — about $39 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $513.77, low $448.37, median $481.58 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale30 hd

343.83

—

IA average3 barns · 207 hd

355.38

−11.55

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−5.45

This barn, trailing median19 sales

481.58

−137.75

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

17 lots · USDA AMS · Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,152	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,307	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	323.65/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,058	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	298.83/cwt	293.00–307.00	2,149	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,724	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,347	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,431	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	348.96/cwt	335.00–357.00	1,849	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	344.82/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,976	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	321.08/cwt	314.00–322.50	2,090	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,054	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	300.35/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,595	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	292.36/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,672	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	281.85/cwt	279.00–287.00	1,753	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,041	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,893	43

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clarinda Livestock Feeder Cattle - Clarinda, IA

Thu Mar 6, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 454Last week 2,447Year ago 1,495

Receipts were very light today therefore no comparison with last week, however a lower undertone noted. Icy roads and high winds severely affected today's receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	300.00	300.00
11	500–550	530	335.00–357.00	348.96
15	550–600	573	340.00–350.00	344.82
26	600–650	636	320.00–332.00	323.65
18	650–700	651	314.00–322.50	321.08
26	700–750	719	293.00–307.00	298.83
18	750–800	759	283.50	283.50
20	850–900	869	265.50	265.50
57	950–1000	964	243.50	243.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	578	326.00	326.00
4	600–650	605	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	531	295.00–303.00	300.35
19	550–600	572	282.00–297.00	292.36
37	600–650	622	279.00–287.00	281.85
43	700–750	728	260.00	260.00
40	800–850	823	248.00	248.00
4	850–900	889	231.00	231.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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